Orrin Hatch on Gay Marriage

Last Updated : Apr 28, 2010

Voting Record

2006 Constitutional Amendment

In 2006 the Senate voted on adding a constitutional amendment which defined marriage as a union between a man and a woman, and ensured to no state would be capable of conferring marital status on a union other than a man or a woman. Orrin Hatch voted in favor of the 2006 amendment to define marriage as between one man and one woman.

Orrin Hatch voted in favor of the 2006 amendment to define marriage as between one man and one woman.

2004 Constitutional Amendment

In 2004 the Senate voted on adding a constitutional amendment which defined marriage as a union between a man and a woman, and ensured to no state would be capable of conferring marital status on a union other than a man or a woman. Orrin Hatch voted in favor of the 2004 amendment to define marriage as one man and one woman.

Orrin Hatch voted in favor of the 2004 amendment to define marriage as one man and one woman.

Sponsored and Cosponsored Legislation

Declares that: (1) marriage in the United States shall consist only of the union of a man and a woman; and (2) neither the U.S. Constitution nor the constitution of any state shall be construed to require that marriage or the legal incidents of marriage be conferred upon any other union.